P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. L OCAT ION 12. CONC:..USI01oiS n: Wos Balloon 1-T ~. l<.\'i7 S . ..,~()t" i:'lorlla 0 ProboblyBolloon 0 Wos Aircraft 0 P rob obi y Ai rcroft 0 GroundRador 0 Was Astronomi col 0 P robably Astronolftlcol 0 Possibly Astrono"'icol 9. C,OURSE lnsufficient Date for Evaluation 10. B~UEfl SUa.lMARY 0, SIGHTING -~ balloon shaperJ s~lv.::r obJect abo u t ~!;hted ~c ~10~ to~ lev~l & disa,pear ~oove th.s .;:;a~te l~vel. 111. COMMENTS U .. S. irX S~.;rvic.;~ st:ttcs \'iX ballOfJ'.S lHt rH.:h..)d f~:1 Tanpa, ATlC JPORM J29 (REV l 6 3EP S2) ~ Coffl.,AIIo PUsr VP!IN .511 199 VYC181 VDD127CBA84Y PP RJtDVP RJ[p HQ IJI:PHB D RJSIB 3D fM COIWR 'QITH ACVRON IUCDILL ArB Fl.A TO RJESKB/COKDI 35TH ADIV DEF DOBBI iJtDWP/COHDR AIR TECH INT CNTR VR HT PATTERSON ArB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIR OF INT HQ USAf WASH DC . INFO RJD>NB/COMDR EADF STDiART AfB NY /UNCLASSIFIED/OPS 0395 PD ATTN& EADF CIO PD 1. LOOKED LIKE 1 ;ooD SIZ~ BALLOON SILVER IN COLOR AND SPINNING A. BALLOON SHAPE B. ABOUT THE SIZ OF A 100 FOOT BALLOON . t_ PACE TWO RJtsKB 3D H. THE LADY HEARD THREE SHOTS AND ~0T UP AND WENT TO FRO~T OF HOUSE THEN HEARD ONE MORE SHOT rROM 15ACK SHE LOOKED OUT BACK AND SRE SAW OBJECT 2. LOOKED LIKE TKE OBJECT CIRCLED AND THEN V~T fROM VEST TO EAST AT A HIGH RATE-0 SPEED A. WHAT S~l:D LIIE SHC~ B~ TiEE TOP LEVEL ~ c. LITTLE ABOVE TREE TOP LEVE~ D~ HAD A CIRCLE: AND RTURND APPROIIIIATLY YAP.DS FRr HOUSJi<~:..-":--- E. WENT OUT OF SIC ._"- ,--~ r BETWEEN E AND TWO MINUTES -~. 'iOUND VISUAL 5. TWO MILES SOUTH or S~F.ASOTA ~!TY LINE 5. T"O MILES SOUTH OF SAP..ASOTA C PA'E THR IJSKB 3D TY LINE <=:-- S~RASOTA FLORIDA ROUS\lifE i4e15 UNKNOWN C~ WI AT-~L 161i i 25 SCATTERED HI THIN OVERCAST VISIBILITY E. UNKNOWN F. SOUTHERN QUADRANT ~. REPORT OVER TWELVE HCURS o~ 10 UNKNO\TN 11. OPERATIONS OFFICr:R#PP.OJECT MOBY DICK ~EA!HER BI.LLOOt~ ~ ~' 1~/~3~Z JUL RJESKB